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4226. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Zechariah 14:1-21, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... fear the bomb, nor do we need to fear the task at hand, although we know the tragic consequences that may occur if we don't take radical action to save the world. So, pray, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come, quickly!" - right now so that we may live in faith, hope, love and obedience, doing those things which he has commanded us to do until he comes again. Jeremiah 33:14-16 (RC, L, C) - "The Day Of God's Promise." 1. The God who makes good promises to his people 2. God is good to his promises 3. The people of ...

4227. Proper 14

Hebrews 11:1-40, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 12:35-48

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George Bass

... Lord will come, he will not delay" and when he comes, "The Lord will make the darkest places bright." That means that we are Advent people until he comes. Wisdom 18:6-9 - "The God Who Really Cares." 1. The God of the Hebrews proved to be a loving Father, who really cares about the people he has created. 2. He not only is concerned about them, but he takes care of them, as he has demonstrated by delivering them from Pharaoh and seeing them through the wilderness to the Promised Land. 3. He always frustrates ...

4228. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." The wicked profiteers, in other words, will be cut-off from the source of salvation. That is harsh judgment, indeed. Hosea 11:1-11 (C) The prophet, in this chapter, contrasts the love, compassion, and fidelity of God toward his chosen people with their infidelity and sin and lack of appreciation for all that he has done for them. They are reminded that God brought them out of Egypt and sustained them for 40 years as they made their way ...

4229. A Farewell Gift

John 14:15-31

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John M. Braaten

... done my share, I've borne my burdens ... now is time to rest." As long as you have life, you have an active role to fulfill in God's eternal plan. You must not pull the draperies around your soul and passively sit down with it. Jesus calls us to love our neighbors, those in need, and tells us that we have been commissioned to carry out a mission of mercy in his name. You see, God's farewell gift was definitely not intended to promote the life of relaxation, or ease, or of peace as the world offers it. But ...

4230. Finding Our Roots

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... want to be happy. These are certainly important facts of life, the foliage which enhances our daily living. Then we must ask, "What if these things go?" What happens when your home, your family is crushed by news of a fatal illness or shattered by the death of a loved one? What if you lose your job? Or if your income no longer pays the bills? What if you wake up one day and realize that you’re not just getting older but that you’re getting old!" For our youth goes, too. The springtime of life so quickly ...

4231. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

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John M. Braaten

... the affair will be bigger than a wedding bash. If you ask me it's scandalous, celebrating as though he was a wonderful, long lost loved one returned. It is tough raising kids these days and they are setting a poor example for the rest of us. But let me ... parents, as much as they liked them. It is a fact of life, once you've turned away from everything that speaks of commitment and love, once you have abandoned all that is good and decent, once you have denied all that is sacred and holy, life is going to cave ...

4232. Portrait Of A Powerful Servant

John 13:1-17

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John M. Braaten

... s feet. So they sat, self-satisfied and sullen, until Jesus came. Then he, who truly was the greatest, the One unto whom all power on heaven and earth had been given, humbled himself. His hands gripped the basin and the towel and he calmly and lovingly began to wash their feet. The silence screamed in their ears as Jesus went from disciple to disciple. Shamed and shocked they watched as their Lord carried out that menial task. In this act, Christ became the servant. Imagine! God on his knees because of the ...

4233. The Blessed Hope of Everlasting Life

Philippians 3:1-11

Eulogy

James G. Cobb

... it, We don't control it; we don't own it. Always, we are receiving it. Grace is God's free and unmerited forgiveness and love he brings to us. He is there for us even in times we don't think he is. During these long days of the ... conquered by our Lord, and in His Resurrection, we see our hope! Why, "now the very vault of heaven can resound, in praise of love that still abounds, Christ has triumphed. Jesus is living. Alleluia!" _________ knew that. For us gathered here, we know that. And we give thanks ...

4234. The Secret Of Effective Living

Proverbs 8:1-36

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Robert Allen

... on his face. In fact, joy and happiness seemed to bubble in his life. His happiness was so genuine that others discovered that joy and happiness increased in their lives when they were around him. But, why shouldn’t he be happy? He had a good family. He had a lovely wife and two college-age daughters. He had a large home in the country. He was active in his church. He was the vice-president of a large defense-oriented company and it paid him a six-figure salary. He seemed to have it made. One day, without ...

4235. Marked In An Empty Tomb -- The Cross Is Still There

Sermon

George Bass

... not believe in God; it was a way of announcing to the world that as far as this person was concerned, God is dead. But we believe that God is very much alive. And we believe that God not only exists, but that he loves us and has given us proof of that love in the death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. So we take our God-given faith into the world, proclaiming to all, “Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.” And we believe that the cross, the sign of God’s incomprehensible and immeasurable ...

4236. Marked At The Table

Sermon

George Bass

... , which he had presented to the boy. During his visit before the mass, he asked the boy where the new clothing was. The boy answered, “I sent it all (including the money) to my brothers in Mexico; they need it more than I do.” That’s the spirit of loving service that Jesus was attempting to teach his followers “on the night in which he was betrayed.” And this is one of the memories revived in reliving the events of that last night before his death in this meal at a table by the water’s edge. We ...

4237. African-American Spirituality: The African's Gift To America

Exodus 3:1-22

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... or even our northern neighbor Canada, and see the diversity of people in government, in business, and in other aspects of the nation's life. The great Howard Thurman said that the American experiment was the very mind of God doing a new thing in human history. I love America. Because I have traveled in other parts of the world, I have seen the poverty. I have seen the decadence. I have seen the repression. America is not a perfect place; it's just the best place there is, and as an African-American I am not ...

4238. Find Your Way Home

Hosea 4:1-19

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Keith Hammer

... wraps its arms around you -- that the pain gets so great you cry out, “0 God, help me.” That’s what happened to the people of Israel and Judah. They were hurting and they once again needed a place where they would feel safe and be loved for who they were. So they cried out for God. It was Tuesday night. Terry sat alone in his apartment. There had been many bad nights, but this was worst of all. Now he was really alone. He began to have all the bad thoughts again… perhaps life really wasn’ ...

4239. A Handful Of Dandelions

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... get a corsage of beautiful flowers. They smelled so sweet. I still have some of those things pressed away in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Filed under the letter of the boy who took me. I guess I'm a little silly about it all. I think it's because I love flowers. When Joe and I got married, we had flowers everywhere in the church and each table at the reception had fresh cut flowers. I really like flowers and have come to know the name of just about every one. Joe, my husband, thinks I'm part bee. But he ...

4240. Our Dwelling Place In All Generations

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... even the tough times belong to God. As I have said 100 times before, it’s not that God causes the problems which we face. God loves us so much that he gives us the right to be who we are and who we choose to be. God gives us the right to ... today, we come to say good-bye to God’s child *, and in so doing, we do as the psalmists did. We gather in a loving community to praise the living God. Our individual memories of *, the very things which give us hope and help us grieve, arc gifts from God. The psalmist ...

4241. No One Enters The Kingdom… Save With Empty Hands

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... words: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood (1 Corinthians 11:25)” we are face to face with the king who is a suffering servant. Our Lord not only tells us what to do, but he shows us how to do it in his supreme sacrifice of love for us. The kind of authority Jesus taught and lived was embodied in the image of the servant. How Submissive Are We To Authority? First we ask, “Who has authority over us?” Next, we ask, “What kind of authority is it?” Finally, we ask “How submissive are we to ...

4242. Everything Except God

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... . At times, it seems that we do not really have much to do about the way we feel in our deepest personal relationships. Being a part of dynamic worship is like that, too. We are drawn together not by infatuation with externals, but by sincere love. We have been overcome by an irresistible love. We cannot stay away from the service. We are on the edge of our seats. We know that we are in the presence of the One who is greater than the sum total of the people present. At the close of the service the living ...

4243. The Shepherd King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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Sims Robert

... is remote and removed from his people. He is the imminent God, the God with us here and now. He is a God who loves and protects us. He is the great “Shepherd King.” We have a beautiful presentation of the Shepherd King in Ezekiel, chapter 34. God says ... those who need help and those who give it. There is a wonderful hymn about the Shepherd King. The first stanza reads: “The King of Love my Shepherd is whose goodness never faileth. I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine forever.” Our King is not a ...

4244. A Lesson From Prayers Overheard

Luke 18:9-14

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Theodore F. Schneider

... reconciliation, the redemption of his people. That was why Jesus kept company with those outside the definitions of the righteous; those who are well need no physician. Thus, the religious, sincere without a doubt, were at cross purposes with the gospel. Just as God loved the hopeless and the helpless, the Pharisees despised them. That's why the parable is told to those who "trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others." "I thank you that I am not like other men ... or even like this ...

4245. The Ten Commandments For Today

Exodus 20:1-21

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Erskine White

... , souffled, and so on. Now, if you didn't want to get bored and were willing to take a risk, you could constantly be striving for new ways to prepare an egg. If you wanted to play it safe, and you knew that the person for whom you are cooking loves poached eggs, you could prepare the same poached egg every morning, year in and year out. Preaching a sermon every week is a bit like that. Over the years, I've offered various styles of sermons on many different kinds of issues, but up until now, I've always had ...

4246. Death of a Twelve-year-old Boy

Matthew 18:1-9

Eulogy

John M. Braaten

... the Kingdom of Heaven. You see, my friends, we can look at J_'s short life and be embittered by its brevity, or we can be like children and, even though it be through tears, thank God that J_ embroidered our lives with his special kind of grace and love. For he taught us that simply believing is a way to beauty and peace. In his forgiving and accepting us, just as we are, we learned to accept each other. His enthusiasm and optimism for life, abbreviated as it was, showed us the joy that comes from accepting ...

4247. "On A Hill Far Away"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... very things from which we shy away. He talks about clinging to the suffering and death of Jesus. As we come here today to share our love and our grief at the death of **, it might be helpful to remember God has always sided with the weak and hurting. God is a God ... for the Angel of Death to pass us by. It's not that we don't die, of course, but through the cross and through the love of the one true living God as seen in Jesus, we, as he, will live again. That's the promise we claim for **, and that's ...

4248. Praise God!

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... even the tough times belong to God. As I have said 100 times before, it's not that God causes the problems which we face. God loves us so much that he gives us the right to be who we are and who we choose to be. God gives us the right to ... And so today, we come to say good-bye to God's child *, and in so doing, we do as the psalmists did. We gather in a loving community to praise the living God. Our individual memories of *, the very things which give us hope and help us grieve, are gifts from God. The ...

4249. Charlie Used To Do That

John 6:25-59

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Robert Salzgeber

... is distortion, the bread of life would be able to discern truth as opposed to falsehood. Thus, the preservative of the kingdom would be to preserve the people from illusion. The bread of life then, would be to not let the people become separated from the reality and love of God. The bread of life would be to know that the bread of un-life, the bread of death, Satan himself, this illusion, can really have no lasting effect upon us. That is if we continue to eat the bread of life. In a sense, Jesus is saying ...

4250. Choices

Drama

J. B. Quisenberry

... that God had given him? He was only a simple carpenter. What if he made mistakes raising God's Son? But Mary's heart was at peace. It was a peace that she had known since the angel had spoken to her nine months before. Her face glowed with love as she looked down at her sleeping son, and then up into her husband's eyes. Music (soprano or alto solo) "Ave Maria" (During the song, the shepherds enter from the back of the sanctuary and proceed up the center aisle to the communion rail, where they pantomine with ...

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